Pharm Suffixes
This suffix represents the therapeutic class: anti-asthmatics and the pharmacologic class of corticosteroids (systemic)
What is -sone?
This phase of the nursing process analyzes the effectiveness of the client's response to nursing care.
What is evaluation?
A nurse can be charged with this for failure to report abnormal assessment findings that resort in harm or death.
What is Negligence?
The increased curve of the thoracic spine.
What is Kyphosis?
Founder of modern nursing who is also known as "The lady with the lamp"
Who is Florence Nightingale
The suffix that represents the therapeutic drug class anesthetics, anti-arrhythmics
What is -caine?
In this phase of the nursing process, the patient gives a rating to their pain using an appropriate scale.
What is Assessment
This document includes the following: the nurse is responsible and accountable for their nursing judgments and actions.
What is the Nurses' Code of Ethics?
Patient: "My stomach has been hurting for 3 days." This is an example of this type of assessment data.
What is Subjective?
The charge for falsifying data in a patient's health record
What is a felony?
Anti-anxiety agents from the benzodiazepine pharmacologic class are identified by this suffix.
What is -pam?
__________ means to carry out the plan of care.
What is Implementation?
A nurse can be charged with this if he/she/they administers a medication to the patient after they have refused it.
What is Battery?
Pinkish, flushed skin (that is warm to touch), glassy eyes, headache and increased heart rate. The nurse might consider that the patient is experiencing this.
What is a Fever?
This medication is commonly ordered for genital candidiasis infections.
What is Miconazole?
Antibiotics derived from the streptomyces strains are identified by this suffix.
What is -mycin?
_______ is the way by which nurses determine whether a client has reached a goal.
What is Planning?
This should be obtained by a physician before performing any treatment or procedure on a patient and should be witnessed by a nurse.
What is Consent?
This vital sign assessment finding indicates that a female patient has a respiratory rate of 8 after receiving a dose of morphine. The nurses documents this as___________.
What is Bradypnea?
These organs are are responsible for metabolizing drugs.
What is the liver, kidneys and intestines?
This suffix can help the nurse identify loop diuretics.
What is -mide?
This phase of the nursing process is when the nurse identifies health-related problems.
What is Diagnosis?
This is to safeguard a person's health care information from being disclosed to the public and is the foundation for trust.
What is Confidentiality?
These two checks are most important when administering medications.
What is identifying the patient and checking for allergies?